Welcome to Housewife // Savagelife

Victoria is a Navy wife and new mom. Dahvie is an incarcerated Chicago gang member. We write letters to explore and examine our differing worldviews. This blog is a space where we organize our thoughts and invite you into the process.

Holy shit, that’s really terrifying. Well for me. It’s kinda funny that you just think he’s stupid. But if these guys can get huge metal scissors through the detectors, I just can’t even wrap my head around what else people can get through security.

And then the couple asks me if the neighborhood is mostly white people (the couple was white). I just stopped dead. I just...it pissed me off. I wish I could have said something profound, something to call them out. But I froze.

Called a dear friend of mine yesterday. It’s funny, we’ve always been really close, and I love her to pieces, but I find that conversation with her can be pretty awkward. I don’t know, maybe I’m reading too much into this.

I don’t know how old I was but I’ll never forget this. I believe I was in Chicago visiting my mama’s mama so this was my grandma’s crib. I always looked forward to the few trips I did have back to the city cuz I knew i’ll get a chance to be with the other side of my family.

"My heart is breaking and it is unbearable that this young man is doomed to become another meaningless statistic, yet another Black American male incarcerated and discarded before his life truly began. He NEVER had a chance."